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AIPAC Is Spending Millions to Elect Friends. It’s Also Making Enemies.

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has increasingly become a campaign issue unto itself. Some candidates have worn opposition from AIPAC as a badge of honor or made a point of rejecting the group’s support.

© Brian Snyder/Reuters

Preparing for an AIPAC policy conference in Washington.
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Abdul El-Sayed, a Senate candidate in Michigan, Is Still Trying to Unite the Democratic Base

The progressive Senate candidate is offering olive branches to Jewish voters and campaigning with Kamala Harris to attract Black voters. Polling shows it may be working.

© Nick Hagen for The New York Times

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed narrowly won a bruising primary, but along the way, he alienated Jewish voters with his criticism of Israel and Black and independent voters with his left-wing policies.
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